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 ## Not changed
 
 - Firefly will not encrypt the content of the (MySQL) tables. Old versions of Firefly had this capability but it sucks when searching, sorting and organizing entries.
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+## Current state
+I barely have the basics up and running and I'm already running behind on test coverage. I _do_ have some good ideas about user configuration and preferences which was a huge pain in the butt with the previous Firefly.